VA leaders launch search for top benefits, health care leaders
Veterans Affairs leaders on Monday formally launched their search for candidates to oversee department health care issues and benefits delivery, a process which is expected to take several months. Unlike other leadership positions at VA, which can be nominated by the president based solely on...
Gen. Dan Caine sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force Gen. Dan Caine has been sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a flurry of paperwork was finished to allow him to fill the job nearly two months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor. A formal White House ceremony is...
DOD civilians get extension of shopping benefit in 16 commissaries
A pilot program allowing Defense Department civilians to buy discounted groceries at military commissaries in 16 locations has been extended through the end of the year, commissary officials said. Civilian employees, including appropriated fund employees and nonappropriated fund employees, can shop at the 16 stateside...
How the Trump administration is overhauling Coast guard
The Trump administration is overhauling the Coast Guard in an attempt to crack down on illegal migrant crossings and drug interdictions. This month, the Coast Guard unveiled its new Force Design 2028 plan to overhaul its organizational structure, personnel, acquisitions, contracting and technology—fulfilling directives from...
Canada, Finland tout different paths of ‘icebreaker diplomacy’ with US
MILAN — Canadian and Finnish shipbuilders have made different offers to the United States for the production of icebreakers, which must weigh what it values more: speed or its sovereign shipyard industry. Following President Donald Trump’s expressed interest in January of acquiring 40 new icebreakers...
4 rescued from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 still missing
The rescue of passengers from a capsized boat off the Florida coast turned tragic on Sunday after one person was found dead and five are still missing. The U.S. Coast Guard initially responded to a call from a good Samaritan reporting the capsized vessel approximately...
Trump takes swipe at Biden, says US will support Somalia against Houthis
President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to the Houthis by saying it was time for them to hide now that he has removed “dangerous red tape” from the Biden administration, allowing U.S. troops to protect Somalia against terrorists. “Time for the terrorists to hide,...
SEN TAMMY DUCKWORTH: Why Trump’s military hiring and firing is dangerous and disturbing
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Trump order turns federal land at US border into military installation
The U.S. military will take control of a strip of federal land that spans three states along the southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration, a memorandum Friday by President Donald Trump said. The memorandum, “Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of...